West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-06-02

The post Office at Wise. Monongalia
county, was robbed Of about SOS in
postage stamps last Sunday night.
No clue 10 the thieves has been ascer.
tanned.
Worley's Hotel Gordon will be
opened about July 4th. We learn
that the proprietor, Mr.. Martin, has
already all his rooms let 20 summer
bOarders.
The graduating class at the Fair
mont Normal School numbers eleven
persons this year. The class is said
to be above the average in point Of
intelligence.
1t is whispered about that w. w.
Wright will return to this place in
the fall and open a store in the bank
building room now occupied by ID.
X. Jackson.
1t is said $4,000 photographs of
Mrs. Cleveland have been sold, the
average daily sales amounting to over
two hundred.
A change in the time of the de-
parture of the mails from this place
went into effect last Monday. The
mail now leaves for Tunnelton at 6
o'clock a. m.
The stone wall around the public
park will be completed this week. II
is an excellent piece of workmanship
aud was done by John j. Liston and
Camden Messenger.
James l.. Stone talks OF cutting
his ground at the corner of High and
Price streets into six building lots
which will be offered for sale on
reasonable terms.
1t is predicted that the "orchnrd,
the meadow and the deep.tangled
wildwood" will abound with numer.
Gus snakes this year. We do not
know why the prediction.
We are under obligations to Prof
Conrad A. Sipe, principal of the
FairmOnt Normal School, for an invi.
tation to be present at the commence.
ment exercises next week.
The building formerly used by the
ARGUS as an Office and Jas. II. Car.
roll as a law Office is being moved
rapidly towards its final site west OF
James A. Browns residence,
Mrs. Foreman moved her house
hold goods to Tunnelton Wednesday
where they were put on board the
cars bound for Cincinnati, her future
home. She, with her family, followed
to day.
Last Saturday William F. Menear
burned two or three large brush piles
on his lot at the upper end OF town,
and the people over at Terra Alta
saw the smoke and thought Kingwood |
was having another fire.
Two prisoners at the penitentiary
effected their escape by tying ladders
together and in that way scaling the |
wall. Being invalids they were
overtaken by guards less than a mile
from town after travelling for about
FIVE hours.
Roy Stone can furnish the follow.
ing instruction books: Whitney's
Easy Method, whitney's Complete
Whites and Getze's In
structors. Can furnish any Song
Collection or music book published
at lowest retail price.
Messrs. Thomas and John Cooke,
we learn, contemplate purchasing the
furniture store Of S p. Beverlin in
Grafton. John is a practical furni-
ture man and will take charge Of the
establishment which is one Of the lar.
gest in this part Of the State.
David Morgan, Of Albrightsville,
has q wagon in his possession that
went all through the late war. 1t was
with Mcclellan in his famous retreat
from Richmond - Malvern Hill, and
later It was in Grants wagon train
during his campaign in front Of
Richmond.
Rev. John r. Thompson, at one
time President Of the West Virginia
University and we'll known by many
Of our people, delivered the Decora-
ton Day Grafton IN New York City
10 an audience OF over 10000 pco.
pie. He Is at present pastor Of the
Madison Square M. +. Church.